Skiing, the stars and the omnipresent moon

Just before town I stopped at Shell Lake as I wanted to inspect the ice runway that is being built on the lake for ski planes (happens every year) and to try and catch the transition between full night sky and stars with the waning light of the setting sun – gradation of deep blue to black with stars. I set a medium ISO and 30 seconds exposures and got some reasonable results with minimal trailing. I enhanced one in particular to bring out the Milky Way near Cygnus and even caught the dust lanes – pretty impressive for a basic set up. Nice transition though with light from Inuvik and the set sun balancing the night sky with emerging celestial objects. I see the one looking back to the main shore of Shell Lake caught a satellite. It’s also worth noting that Polaris seems almost directly overhead at this latitude.

and the moon...

Skiing on Boot Lake